Car-coupling



T. B. 'BROWER. GAR COUPLING.

Patented 1390.6, 1892.

' (No Model.)

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1, n I M 7 M om W 1 u m R NITED STATES PATENT OFFICEe TIIADDEUS B.BROYVER, OF TEMPLETON, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO WILLIAM H. SCOTT, OF SANFRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 487,694, dated December6, 1892.

Application filed April 19, 1892.

To all whom it may concern..-

Be it known that I, THADDEUS B. BROWER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Templeton, in the county of San Luis Obispo and State ofCalifornia, have invented a new and useful Car-Coupling, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in car-couplings.

The object of the present invention is to provide an attachment to theordinary pinand-link carcoupling, whereby cars may be automaticallycoupled and uncoupled from the sides or tops without danger to theoperator.

A further object of the invention is to enable cars having coupler-headsarranged at different heights to be automatically coupled.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a car-couplingconstructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a reverse planview. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

1 designates a draw-head arranged on a car 2 in the usual manner andhaving a longitudinal link-opening and provided with a verticalpin-opening adapted for the reception of a pin 3, connect-ed with apin-lifter 4. When cars come together for coupling, the link is guidedto the proper elevation to suit the opening in the draw-head 1 by alink-carrier 6, which is pivotally mounted beneath the car 2, and hasits front end 7 beveled and forming an inclined plane to engage thefront of an adjacent car to lower the link to suit the opening of thatcar, and the rear end of the link-lifter is weighted at 8 to hold thefront end elevated.

The pin-lifter has its rear end pivoted near the link-carrier, and itextends forward to the draw-head and is provided with a vertical portion9 and a horizontal portion 10, which extendsinward over the draw-headand is pro- Serial No. 429,776. (No model.)

vided with a loop or an eye 11 to receive the pin. The vertical portion9 of the-pin-lifter is provided with a shoulder 1-2, which is engaged bya catch 13 to hold the pin elevated preparatory to coupling. The catchconsists of a rock-shaft provided at one end with an L-shaped arm 14 toengage and support the pin-lifter, and it is provided at its oppositeend with a depending V- shaped extension 15, arranged to be engaged by alug 16, extending horizontally from the front beveled end of thelink-carrier to cause the pin to drop at the proper time to engage thelink, that time being when the cars come together. The dependingextension 15 of one draw-head is engaged by the lug 16 of anotherdraw-head when cars are coupled to cause the link of one to be engagedby the coupling-pin of the other. The front end of the link-carrier isprovided with an inclined bar 17, which is arranged parallel with and onthe same inclination as the beveled edge of thelink-lifter, and it formsa guide for the link should the latter be thrown from the link-carrier.The depending V- shaped extension of the pinlifter is adapted when swungback to limit the swing of the rock-shaft to prevent the L- shaped armat the other end thereof from moving too far forward.

The pin-lifter is operated by a rock-shaft 18, journaled on the car andprovided at its ends with crank-handles arranged at the sides of the carin convenient position for the operator, and the rock-shaft is providedintermediate its ends with an L-shaped arm 19, extending downward fromthe rock-shaft and inward under the pin-lifter to lift and carry thesame in engagement with the catch.

Suitable means for operating the rock-shaft from the top of the car maybe readily connected with the crank-handles or pin-lifter.

What I claim is 1. In a car-coupling, the combination of a draw-headhaving an opening, acoupling-pin, a pin-lifter pivotally mounted andhaving its front end attached to the coupling-pin, means for raising thepin-lifter, a catch to hold the pin-lifter elevated, and a link-carrierhaving an inclined surface to engage and to direct the link and providedwith a lug arranged to to clined face to direct alink and provided witha laterally-extending lug to engage the depending extension of thecatch, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afiixedmy signature in [5 the presence of two witnesses.

THADDEUS B. BROWER. Witnesses:

W. H. H001), R. W. PUTNAM.

